Underwriting Analyst

What will you do?

We have a position available for an Underwriting Analyst who will be based in Cape Town (Head Office) in our Santam Broker Solutions: Underwriting (Personal Lines) department.

What will make you successful in this role?

The purpose of the role is to support Personal Lines:

• Performance of POST Action analytical Data reviews.
• Manage the Client Screening system.
• Approval of Discount Mandates 
• Performance analysis of data and identification of corrective actions.
• Engage with Actuarial to drive growth and improve profitability.
• Analyse and build statistical models for various sets of data on regular basis to assist in determining business trends.
• Assist with report and process automation.
• Pro-actively identifies phenomena to be tested and explored.
• Monitor results of all action plans implemented.
• Analytical support to internal divisions (Underwriting Services – SBS/SCS).
• Report writing and presentations.
• Manage data cleansing and data quality control.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Statistics or Quantitative Management is preferred.
• Strong analytical capability is a critical requirement.
• Advanced Computer Literacy (MS Office).
• Advance experience with reporting tools (Power BI, Qlik, Business Objects, Cognos)
• 5 to 10 years short term insurance experience will be an added advantage.

Knowledge & Skills

• Developed programming skills (SQL, Python, SAS, or R)
• Good communication and presentation skills 
• Experience working with relational databases
• Ability to quickly comprehend complex concepts and table structures
• Attention to detail
• Analytical orientation
• Systems thinking
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Good planning and decision-making skills
• A good team player – integrates and shares knowledge and skills
• Exceptional problem solving skills 
• Strong ability to manipulate and interpret data
• Ability to perform under pressure
• Time management and focussed delivery of deadlines
• Displays keen insight and intuition 
• Writing and reporting
• Takes initiative
• Understanding the principles of Risk Management

Competencies

• Client focus
• Collaborative
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Innovative
• Drive results
• Action orientated
• Analytical thinking
• Information seeking
• Applying expertise and technology
• Data Analysis
• Data modelling